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[[File:Phoenix landing2.jpg|thumb|300 px|Artist's impression of the Phoenix Lander landing on Mars.<br><br>Phoenix's atmospheric measurements of isotope ratios of carbon and oxygen gave evidence for liquid water on the surface now or in the recent geological past.<ref name=phoenixisotope>[http://uanews.org/story/phoenix-mars-lander-finds-surprises-about-planet%E2%80%99s-watery-past Phoenix Mars Lander Finds Surprises About Planet’s Watery Past] University of Arizona news, By Daniel Stolte, University Communications, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory | September 9, 2010</ref>Also its 2008 observations of possible droplets on its legs suggested new ways that water could be stable temporarily on Mars.<ref name=phoenix_droplets_2009>[https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16620-first-liquid-water-may-have-been-spotted-on-mars.html?full=true#.VRReJ_msV8E First liquid water may have been spotted on Mars], New Scientist, February 2009 by David Shiga</ref> These observations lead many scientists to reassess the present habitability of Mars {{Reflist}}]]
:<small>Select [►] to view subcategories (note work in progress, needs re-organization)</small> ▼* [[Possible Presentpresent Dayday Habitatshabitats Forfor Lifelife Onon Mars]] ▼<categorytree mode="pages" depth="0">Astrobiology</categorytree> ▼* [[Present day Mars habitability analogue environments on Earth]] ▼Some of the main pages are: ▼* [[Protecting Mars special regions with potential for life to propagate]]
* [[News coverage of potential present day habitats of life on Mars]]
* [[Abiogenesis]] - about natural process of how life arises from non living matter ▼* [[Panspermia]] - transfer of life between plaents on meteorites. ▼* [[Terrestrial analogue sites]] ▼* [[Murchison meteorite]] ▼▲* [[Possible Present Day Habitats For Life On Mars]]
* [[Life on Mars]]
▲* [[Present day Mars habitability analogue environments on Earth]]
* [[Viking program]]
* [[Allan Hills 84001]] - the meteorite with tineytiny structures resembling cells ▼* [[Sponges on Mars? We ask Stamenković about their oxygen-rich briny seeps model]]
===Planetary protection ===:▼▲* [[Allan Hills 84001]] - the meteorite with tiney structures resembling cells
===Life in other locations===
* [[Hypothetical types of biochemistry]] ▼▲===Planetary protection===
* [[Planetary protection]]
* [[Interplanetary contamination]]
* [[Protecting Mars special regions with potential for life to propagate]]
* [[Planetary protection for a Mars sample return]]
* Mars sample return pages: [[Mars Sample Receiving Facility and sample containment|MSR facility]] - [[Mars Sample Return Legal Issues and International Public Debate| Legal Issues]] - [[Discussion of science value of a Mars sample return |science value]] - [[Dissenting views on Mars sample return back contamination risks|Dissenting views on back contamination risks]]
Life elsewhere
==Guidelines==
▲* [[Terrestrial analogue sites]]
{{font color|red|Remaining articles on this page are not vetted yet - just imported from Wikipedia and may be out of date or have significant errors.}}
* I set this up after a bizarre situation in Wikipedia where the original for [[Possible Present Day Habitats For Life On Mars]] was deleted by editors who knew almost nothing about the topic, and most read none of its over 100 high quality cites . Some hadn't read the first paragraph. For instance, none of them seemed to know that searching for such habitats and for signs of extant life in them is one of the top science goals of NASA and ESA. The main reason given for deleting it was that they said Mars couldn't have such habitats!
* The same also happens for minor fixes and contributions, they can be reverted in an arbitrary seeming fashion because someone who doesn't understand the topic thinks it must be "wrong". There is usually nothing you can do about it. And sadly, this doesn't seem likely to change any time soon.
* For more about the background see my [https://www.science20.com/robert_walker/alice_in_wonderland_sanctioning_in_wikipedia_blocked_for_covering_nasas_science_goal_to_search_for_habitats_for Alice In Wonderland Sanctioning In Wikipedia - Blocked For Covering NASA's Science Goal To Search For Habitats For Life On Mars‽]
Remaining articles on this page are not vetted yet - just imported from Wikipedia and may be out of date or have significant errors.
So, the idea was to set up a wiki where if you contribute a good astrobiology article it is safe from being arbitrarily deleted by people who know nothing about the topic. If you've wanted to make encyclopedic articles about astrobiology but find Wikipedia frustrating as an editor, and especially if you have had good accurate edits reverted in an arbitrary seeming fashion, this may be useful.
▲* [[Hypothetical types of biochemistry]]
With that background in mind:
*Hypothetical types of biochemistry
*Life on Titan
*Life on Venus
* Will proceed more like scholarpedia where if someone contributes a good and substantial article, or has done substantial work on it, then they are treated as the main author and others are expected to ask them to approve significant changes.
* Similar also for collaborative articles. It's only me editing at present. But anyone can in join in working on it. The idea again is to respect content contributed by other editors. Hopefully don't need a lot of guidelines.
▲* [[Abiogenesis]] - about the natural process of how life arises from non living matter
* Encouraged to disclose real world identities and experts welcome here, and their expertise will be respected as such.
▲* [[Panspermia]] - transfer of life between plaentsplanets on meteorites.
▲* [[Murchison meteorite]]
Otherwise similar to wikipedia - mainspace articles to be reasonably encyclopaedic, well sourced. And in the main space, the aim is to present the full range of views on any topic.
===Vision===
* I don't think the voting method for Wikipedia works all that well, as it tends to sprawl with no overall vision, and major decisions made because on that day or week 41 people turned up to vote who thought one way and 39 the other way or something.
I'm admin and will be final authority if needed for anything. Hopefully it will be a friendly place :). But I'll make the final decision if necessary, for instance, on how to categorize pages, on what is and is not included etc.
Because this is on Miraheze at present, anyone can join in editing and there is no pre-approval stage. But I can block people from the wiki if necesesary - and in practice, not likely to be a problem, it doesn't get the attention of vandals, trolls etc of Wikipedia.
[[List of articles that need to be vetted]]
[[User:Robertinventor|Robertinventor]] ([[User talk:Robertinventor|talk]]) 16:29, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
===ScopeCategory browser===
▲Browse the encyclopedia by category here:<categorytree mode="pages" depth="0">Astrobiology</categorytree>
▲:<small>Select [►] to view subcategories (note work in progress, needs re-organization)</small>
===About this site===
* Astrobiology in its broadest sense.
This encyclopedia is based on astrobiology articles imported from Wikipedia. You are welcome to join in and help edit it. We welcome those knowledgeable in astrobiology especially, and your expertise and knowledge will be respected here. The aim here is to have a small friendly wiki, where we work together, and know each other. Do introduce yourself, here [[Astrobiology:New editors|New editors]]
* Not Biology in general - e.g. extremophiles only if of special interest to astrobiolgy. Origins of life but mainly as it relates to abiogenesis, or ideas of astrobiology.
===Other wikis===
* Not SETI. Except in as far as it relates to the biology of extra terrestrials.
These wikis are also developed from Wikipedia pages originally:
* Not fictional treatments of astrobiology in science fiction movies / books / TV series.
* [http://microtonal.miraheze.org Encyclopedia of Microtonality]
===Re-use of the material===
* [http://encyclopediaofbuddhism.org Encyclopedia of Buddhism] - set up by Dorje108 with me as co-admin.
* [http://doomsdaydebunked.miraheze.org Doomsday Debunked]
For the background to why we set up new encyclopedias, instead of working on the pages in Wikipedia itself, see [[Astrobiology Encyclopedia:Background to this encyclopedia|background to this encyclopedia]]. Also see my science blog post here:
Much of the material here originates in Wikipedia and is attributed to them as required. The re-used material has to be licensed under the same license, so any content here that originated in Wikipedia is automatically under the same license, CC by SA, that it can be re-used by anyone, for any purpose, including commercially, so long as it is attributed correctly.
* [https://www.science20.com/robert_walker/why_its_easy_to_improve_on_wikipedia_in_specialist_encyclopedias_ours_are_for_astrobiology_microtonal_music_and Why It's Easy To Improve On Wikipedia In Specialist Encyclopedias (Ours Are For Astrobiology, Microtonal Music, And Buddhism)]
That includes Wikipedia itself of course. They are welcome to use any of this content back in Wikipedia so long as it is released with a suitable license, as is the case for all the material that originated there.
▲==Some of the main pages are:==
===Blogs===
{{Astrobiology}}
I've also set up a test blog, where one can post original research or opinions and points of views. , whatever one wants related to astrobiology:
{{Possible present day habitats for life on Mars}}
* [[Blogs/Robert Walker | Robert Walker's Blog]]
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